The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1887-09-16

LOVES TRIUMPH.
wseo the morn broke clear end me sun 'ess
a. ,S Sss ses, which had tossed through nat
on that rock bound shore.
! ceassd 10 surge and % swell IN waves n'o9''s''
s....a s y toss ss foam snsrily up towards -
Ceased iss horrible roar
man she stole from her cot, with her babe
,cs,uss i her heart which had wildly throDbed In
Throush the wearisome night;
And she moved 70 the clinss wnicn s'ooe ~"
and steep
And, with widestsring eyes. looked ous On Nc
deep
That vast sea was - smooth - : lake sha'f -
MOI wave could be seen upon ~ broad breast
A II rolled 20 tho land;
Yet Il silently swept far ~ o. ne .as = ,.scs
Every time II came up striving nsuo' - ''.s-
ror = moment her heart was allied with alright
WINE she eaxed on the seq lis By morning
clear kIknts
And saw FAR and near.
on the breast Of the deep. bits Of hull and OF
which told Of the tempest that DER y had
In that night bleak and drear.
twas her fisherman husband for whom she
FOR his boat on the ocean she eagerly peered.
Hut no sail was in sight;
Then her eyes Glanced TO turn from the SEA %
Ana she saw mans form lying sim on the
sand
In the clear morning light
Something strange in that form. for breath
stopped her heart
Something known In that form caused tnc me
blood 20 dart
Through her bosom once more,
For moment she scarcely could gamer mel
breath,
For a moment her face was - ghas tly a. death
A. she gazed ~ the shore.
rhep she rushed 70 her cot. took the babe from
her breast
And. leaving her child in his cradle 20 rest
She fastened 70 50
Down the path that was cut in the clins rug
ged side.
70 the sands where the oceans still rising tids
Came steady and slow.
with fast beating heart along the dry beach
Which the incoming tide was trying TO reach.
She new DER the ground;
In the form which lay there. IS II dead, on III
In the spot where twas left BY the last risinl
tide,
Her husband was found
A. his side IN an instant she dropped on he
And eagerly peered ut his features 70 zee
Were he living or dead;
But she saw that mis- face was - CHASTITY q
And there came from his lips not even breasl
A she lifted his head.
Then the shirt Ser his breast she tore quickl.
spart
And her quivering hand she placed on his hear
FOR moments brief space;
A. she fslt his hearts throb. uncertain an'
Her breast nlled win Joy. her eyes shone vii
which transformed her face.
ae was CHASTITY and cold - ne lay on the SAM
A. the spot unto which he'd been swept on IN
strand
BY that terrible storm.
But her heart leaped for JOY n The breast Q
that wife.
FOR she fell HE blood ,hrob sndshe knew Their
was life
IN that almost dead form
with the strength Of giant born Of her love
She carried that form 70 the clintop abova
From the surf-bcaten shore;
And she dared on the way mot moment .
rest.
Lest The heart that % family beat IN his breas
Should cease evermore.
10 their cot near q hand, her burden she bors
And, though her frame shook - she entered III
door,
Her heart aid not Qustl;
Yet she sighed when she'd placed biz form o
the bed
vor his eyes we're vide staring = 4 be yer
dead,
And his facs chastity PALE
With the courage Of love she fought for bic lifs
| With the vigor Of love she entered the strife
And conquered grim Death;
vor shs saw % good time. light glesm n n
eye,
And sss heard v,sA dslisAs from his bosom
sigh,
And shs felt bic fsint breath
fove had won. q on times 10 had won s>fore;
love had Won. = g will TIL our loving e DER.
TIN W pass nom this earth:
Strength had come 70 her arms q her husbsn
she bore,
Strength had come % her frame thas shs'a nee
known before
TIL love gave 4 birth.